# What shows should I watch this summer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-should-i-watch-this-summer/360572 "2006-06-13T15:12:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-should-i-watch-this-summer/360572/1 "2006-06-13T15:12:20Z")
Well **Stainz** and I are looking for some new shows to watch this summer. We like 1 hour drama/dark comedies. We currently watch(ed) the following shows that fit this genre: - Sopranos - Rome - Deadwood - ER - CSI - Lost - Six Feet Under These are the three we are looking at watching, what order would you put them in? Keep in mind we having watched more than 5 minutes of any episode. - 24 - Rescue Me - Veronica Mars What would you recomend? Also if tehre are shows we may like that aren’t on this list let us know. Thanks! MtM ---
**Author:** ![Unix\_Geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unix_geek/32/19368_2.png) [@Unix\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unix_Geek)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-should-i-watch-this-summer/360572/2 "2006-06-13T16:33:45Z")
On USA: 4400: New Season June 11th Dead Zone: New Season June 18th Monk: New Season July 7th On SciFi: Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis has new seasons starting in July. ---
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-should-i-watch-this-summer/360572/3 "2006-06-13T18:02:55Z")
Actually two things, I was going to download the episodes or buy the DVD’s so I can see them from the start, and I live in Canada and the CRTC (sometimes lamer version of the FCC) doesn’t think I should easily be able to see all of those shows (even though most are filmed in Canada!). MtM ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-should-i-watch-this-summer/360572/4 "2006-06-13T18:07:21Z")
Rescue Me is an awesome show, and you don’t have to see it from the beginning to get what’s going on. Monk is pretty good and so is The Dead Zone. The 4400 is a little tedious, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-should-i-watch-this-summer/360572/5 "2006-06-13T18:23:55Z")
I fully concur with **Indygrrl** - Rescue Me is brilliant. One of the best shows I have seen in quite awhile. F/X really is the new HBO. In that vein, there is an earlier Denis Leary show called **The Job** that only aired for (I believe) about six of the episdoes. It is very similar to Rescue Me (albeit it is about cops, not firefighters) and many of the writers and several cast members were on both shows. You may be able to find it on Netflix and I know you can buy it from Amazon. Another brilliant show. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-should-i-watch-this-summer/360572/6 "2006-06-13T19:21:18Z")
Dead Like Me. Dead Like Me Dead Like Me Dead Like Me Dead Like Me Dead Like Me Dead Like Me Dead Like Me Dead Like Me Dead Like Me Dead Like Me Dead Like Me Dead Like Me. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-should-i-watch-this-summer/360572/7 "2006-06-13T19:42:13Z")
House Criminal Minds ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-should-i-watch-this-summer/360572/8 "2006-06-13T20:48:36Z")
I second “House.” Drama with lots of dark comedy moments, and they’re running two episodes back-to-back every Tuesday night for the next few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-should-i-watch-this-summer/360572/9 "2006-06-13T20:55:15Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > House > > Criminal Minds Agreed. These are two of the best on TV right now. For new summer series, we’ll be watching _The 4400_, _The Closer_ and _Monk_. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-should-i-watch-this-summer/360572/10 "2006-06-13T20:59:42Z")
_Monk_ and _The Closer_, definitely. _The 4400_, I’m not so sold on. _Dead Like Me_ (_Dead Like Me Dead Like Me Dead Like Me Dead Like Me_ etc., as per Gadarene ;)), _House_, _Rescue Me_, _24_, and _Veronica Mars_… Ahhh, bliss. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-should-i-watch-this-summer/360572/11 "2006-06-14T02:22:11Z")
Firefly Freaks & Geeks The Office (British version) Battlestar Galactica ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-should-i-watch-this-summer/360572/12 "2006-06-14T02:32:03Z")
Don’t miss **Veronica Mars**. Some folks I’ve talked to have been reluctant to watch it because they think it’s “just a teen show,” but its appeal is much broader than that. Even old granny ladies (like me) ❤ Veronica. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-should-i-watch-this-summer/360572/13 "2006-06-14T02:46:34Z")
> [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](#): > > These are the three we are looking at watching, what order would you put them in? Keep in mind we having watched more than 5 minutes of any episode. > > - 24 > - Rescue Me > - Veronica Mars I’ve never seen Rescue Me. 24 is brash, bold, very adrenaline-y. Veronica is smart, funny, and charming. 24 is as much fun to mock as it is to watch and it’s pretty damned fun to watch. Veronica is rarely mockable but has funnier intentional jokes. I prefer Veronica, but I watch both eagerly. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-should-i-watch-this-summer/360572/14 "2006-06-14T12:13:30Z")
\ It’s summer, what the hell are you doing inside?! \ Veronica Mars is pretty damn spiffy. Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-should-i-watch-this-summer/360572/15 "2006-06-14T19:39:32Z")
I’m looking forward to [Stephen King’s Nightmares and Dreamscapes on TNT in July](http://www.tnt.tv/title/?oid=612966).